M/S Splendor - Mázatlan

Haiku by Erin:

Saddle up the beasts.
They have leadership issues.
Mázatlan horses.


Wednesday morning, Trish, Erin and I disembarked in Mázatlan, made our way past the soldiers,

dock cargo, vendors, and time-share sellers, and met Randi at the dock. Randi owns Randi's Happy Horses!

Near the boat dock where we caught a water taxi to Stone Island, there is a fish market. The pelicans love it there!

German immigrants came to Mázatlan in the mid-1800s and started the Pacifico brewery in 1900.

It was raining pretty steadily on our boat ride to the island. We were a little worried about the weather for our ride. Luckily, the rain stopped by the time we got to see our steeds saddled up!

A little boy who lived at the ranch.

Of course, Erin was able to find a kitty.

Erin on Pinto.


Trish, mounted on her old nag trusty steed.

Portrait of Pinto








Heading back to the ship.

The ride was great fun. You may remember me telling you last year that in true non-USA fashion, the rules and regulations are quite relaxed in Mexico. We got on the beach and could run the horses as we and they liked. And they did like! Erin's, mine, and a couple others all wanted to be first! It was a blast galloping down the beach.

After our ride, we spent some time at Victor's, a beachside restaurant, where we ate good food --shrimp quesadilla and shrimp ceviche-- and drank good cold beer. Trish bought trinkets from the vendors. I was called on to bargain for her. I'm getting better at that. It was a lot of fun!

This is a shot of the beach we rode from the other side, as we were sailing away.

While we were riding, Mike and Kevin took a hike up to this lighthouse. See it at the top of the hill?

Kevin also got to snorkel while in Mazatlan.

Back at the ship, some maintenance workers were keeping the Splendor ship-shape.






Mojito Time!

Yo! Mázatlan was fun!